Fortifying International Law: Safeguarding Global Stability
By Sir Ronald Sanders In today’s complex global landscape, peace and prosperity face significant threats due to a blatant disregard for international law and the meticulously constructed human rights framework established in the aftermath of World War II. This disregard poses a grave threat to the stability of nations worldwide. Hence, all nations, particularly the […]
My Introduction to Accounting
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” – Proverbs 29:18 During the 1970s, a Barbadian friend, now a leading Caribbean hotel entrepreneur, stayed at our home in Trinidad and was impressed by our sweet, seedless local Valencia oranges. After purchasing a few dozen and obtaining the necessary phytosanitary certificates, he returned to Barbados. Soon […]
Child struck by vehicle in Christ Church
Police are on the scene of a serious accident along Windsor Road, Christ Church, where a child was struck by a vehicle. Police have not provided any information on the condition of the child. The road is impassable at this time and police are asking motorists to avoid the area. Traffic is being diverted at […]
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – First elected female head of state of an African country
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born October 29, 1938, Monrovia, Liberia) is a Liberian politician and economist who was president of Liberia (2006–18). She was the first woman to be elected head of state of an African country. Sirleaf was one of three recipients, along with Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman, of the 2011 Nobel Prize for […]
NCF CEO opens culture agency’s doors
The National Cultural Foundation (NCF) is more than the festivals, the agency’s chief executive declared Friday as it began its 40th anniversary celebrations, throwing open its doors to the public. Speaking at the NCF’s Husbands St James headquarters, Carol Roberts-Reifer said that although known mainly for the annual Crop Over and NIFCA festivals, the foundation […]
‘Mill and Pave’ on ‘road to progress’
A month after its inception, the government has already resurfaced a dozen roads spanning 8.8 kilometres with work underway on an additional nine roads, a report card on its Mill and Pave Programme has said. In a Ministry of Transport update issued on Friday, it was revealed that the resurfacing of the Brighton to Constant […]
Envoy hails Canadian partnership in BDF visit
Canada’s High Commissioner to Barbados Lilian Chatterjee has touted Ottawa’s relations with Barbados and the rest of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as a Canadian armed forces team provided training to the army on a newly recommissioned hyperbaric chamber housed at the Barbados Defence Force St Ann’s Fort. The equipment which has been traditionally housed here […]
THORNE Declares INTENTIONS TO HELP FIX INTERNAL DLP ISSUES
The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) appeared to be at its closest point in six years to returning to the House of Assembly and ending an unprecedented period in parliamentary wilderness as Opposition Leader Ralph Thorne applied for party membership on Friday. But the matter is not a done deal, party insiders have said. And Thorne […]
Public healthcare system under pressure
Barbados’ health care system was arguably described as the best in the Eastern Caribbean. It was something of which the citizens of this country were extremely proud. It was not uncommon for patients, some of them well-known figures, to travel from across the Caribbean to the island’s premier health institution, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) […]
Apply now for Treasury Bills
Individuals and businesses are invited to apply for the Barbados Government Treasury Bills. These Bills are being issued for a period of 91 and 182 days, and they will be issued on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. They will be payable at par on Wednesday, May 29, and Wednesday, August 28, 2024, respectively. A non-competitive window […]